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Why isn't there a cry for more men in nursing like there seems to be a cry for more women in tech? Is one profession somehow more desirable or honorable than th
by marknutter 12y ago
Why isn't there a cry for more men in nursing like there seems to be a cry for more women in tech? Is one profession somehow more desirable or honorable than the other?
- erkkie 12y agoOne pays better, and I haven't got the stats but would presume is in bigger need of more people (@ current pay, even).
- ironchef 12y agoThere is. There are a number of programs (I know Johnson and Johnson has one for example) to get males into nursing not to mention the ridiculous number of male only scholarships for nursing: https://www.discovernursing.com/scholarships#requirements=male https://www.discovernursing.com/scholarships#requirements=ma...
- dethstar 12y agoWhy don't you write journalism about the lack of men in nursing? I seriously doubt you're as interested as the lack of men in X if the only time you bring it up is when the lack of woman in Y is being discussed. Now, I'd guess it is more desired since CS/IT/Software Engineering is being promoted a lot by big companies and what not.
- dublinben 12y agoThere is, you probably just don't hear about it since you're not in the nursing field.
- erehweb 12y agoA couple of minutes Googling leads to this article http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/768914_1 http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/768914_1 which links to American Assembly of Men in Nursing, which is doing just what you say. Also has interesting notes on how nursing came to be female-dominated and what steps might be taken to change that.